Every time my mom visits Chicago or I make a visit back home to Cincinnati I'm blessed with at least two tubes(??) of this delicious pork product to take with me. So anyone in Chicago who's curious about trying some…please, stay as far away from me as possible as I have no desire to meet strangers from the internet.

In fact I'm pretty sure there's two goetta festivals at this point: one in Covington and one in Newport. Truly a testament to both its greatness and the tri-state ubiquitousness.

I don't think this is a concept that is out of Western audience's grasp. I'm thinking specifically of the success of Jiro Dreams of Sushi which had a central theme that touched on this very idea of singular vision and devotion. Sure, it was bolstered by beautiful cinematography, but I don't think it would have been as…

Although I realize that there's kooky, mechanical contraptions in that Franz Ferdinand video, I would say their visual aesthetic is influenced more by constructivism, bauhaus, and merz than by steampunk.